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KELLY ECKERMAN GOT TO TAKE IT
ALL IN.
KELLY: THE ULTIMATE RETRO
CHRISTMAS COLLECTION.
THERE WILL BE 20 UNIQUE ALUMINUM
CHRISTMAS TREES FILL THE HOME OF
STEPHEN AND MARY PRUITT OF
OVERLAND PARK.
YOU WON'T SEE THIS ANYWHERE
ELSE.
>> I REMEMBER LOOKING IN THE
PICTURE WINDOW OF THAT RANCH
HOME THEY HAD.
THERE WAS THIS TREE THAT LOOKED
LIKE IT LANDED FROM MARS AND IT
HAD A COLOR WHEEL THAT WAS
ROTATING CHANGING COLORS.
I'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
KELLY: ALUMINUM TREES WERE ALL
THE RAGE FROM 1959 TO 1965.
>> IT WAS SPACE AGE.
IT WAS THE COLD WAR.
IT WAS EVERYTHING NEW AND ALL
POSSIBLES ND EVERYTHING WAS MADE
OF ALUMINUM.
KELLY: THE TREES WERE MADE FOR
SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME,
THEY'RE HARD TO FIND.
THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.
MOST WERE CLASSIC SILVER.
THE PRUITTS PRIDE THEMSELVES ON
COLLECTING THE MOST UNIQUE, NOT
JUST THE COLOR.
>> WE HAVE ONE DOWNSTAIRS WITH A
LITTLE DEVICE THAT MAKES IT
SHAKE LIKE IT'S HAD TOO MUCH
COFFEE.
THEY HAD ROTATING STANDS AND
SOME OF THOSE PLAY MUSIC
CHRISTMAS CAROLS.
BADLY, I MIGHT ADD.
WE'VE GOT ONE DOWNSTAIRS THAT
ACTUALLY SNOWS.
IT WAS A TOTALLY KITCHY TIME AND
THAT KITCH HAS BECOME WARMTH AND
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT
IT.
KELLY: WHEN THE CHARLIE BROWN
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL FIRST AIRED IN
1965, IT MADE FUN OF THE GAUDY
SHINY CHRISTMAS TREE
AFTER THAT, PEOPLE STARTED
GETTING RID OF THEM, BUT A LOT
OF BABY BOOMERS PROBABLY
REMEMBER THEM.
LARA: NONE OF THEM HAVE
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
KELLY: THAT IS BECAUSE THEY WERE
ALUMINUM.
THERE WAS THE ELECTROCUTION
RISK.
SO INSTEAD OF LIGHTS ON THE